DELUSION
de·lu·sion
Pronunciation: \di-ˈlü-zhən, dē-\
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin delusion-, delusio, from deludere
Date: 15th century
1 : the act of deluding : the state of being deluded
2: a: false belief or opinion: labored under the delusion that employment was at hand.
b : a persistent false psychotic belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that is maintained despite indisputable evidence to the contrary; also : the abnormal state marked by such beliefs
c: Psychiatry; A false belief strongly held in spite of invalidating evidence, especially as a symptom of mental illness: delusions of credibility .
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